Birth of Noah | Enoch III Chapter 1

For he will comfort the earth after all the destruction.

Book III

Chapter 1

1 And after some days my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and

she became pregnant by him and bore a son.

2 And his body was white as snow and red as the blooming of a rose, and the

hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his eyes beautiful.

And when he opened his eyes, he lighted up the whole house like the sun, and

the whole house was very bright.

3 And thereupon he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and

conversed with the Lord of righteousness.

4 And his father Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his father

Methuselah.

5 And he said unto him: "I have begotten a strange son, diverse from and unlike

man, and resembling the sons of the God of heaven; and his nature is different

and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and his countenance

is glorious.

6 And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the angels, and I

fear that in his days a wonder may be wrought on the earth. And now, my father,

I am here to petition thee and implore thee that thou mayest go to Enoch, our

father, and learn from him the truth, for his dwelling−place is amongst the

angels."

7 And when Methuselah heard the words of his son, he came to me to the ends

of the earth; for he had heard that I was there, and he cried aloud, and I heard his

voice and I came to him.

8 And I said unto him: "Behold, here am I, my son, wherefore hast thou come to

me?"

9 And he answered and said: "Because of a great cause of anxiety have I come to

thee, and because of a disturbing vision have I approached.

10 And now, my father, hear me: unto Lamech my son there hath been born a

son, the like of whom there is none, and his nature is not like mans nature, and

the color of his body is whiter than snow and redder than the bloom of a rose,

and the hair of his head is whiter than white wool, and his eyes are like the rays

of the sun, and he opened his eyes and thereupon lighted up the whole house.

11 And he arose in the hands of the midwife, and opened his mouth and blessed

the Lord of heaven.

12 And his father Lamech became afraid and fled to me, and did not believe that

he was sprung from him, but that he was in the likeness of the angels of heaven;

and behold I have come to thee that thou mayest make known to me the truth."

13 And I, Enoch, answered and said unto him: "The Lord will do a new thing on

the earth, and this I have already seen in a vision, and make known to thee that

in the generation of my father Jared some of the angels of heaven transgressed

the word of the Lord.

14 And behold they commit sin and transgress the law, and have united

themselves with women and commit sin with them, and have married some of

them, and have begot children by them.

15 And they shall produce on the earth giants not according to the spirit, but

according to the flesh, and there shall be a great punishment on the earth, and the

earth shall be cleansed from all impurity.

16 Yea, there shall come a great destruction over the whole earth, and there shall

be a deluge and a great destruction for one year.

17 And this son who has been born unto you shall be left on the earth, and his

three children shall be saved with him: when all mankind that are on the earth

shall die he and his sons shall be saved.

18 And now make known to thy son Lamech that he who has been born is in

truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his

sons shall be saved from the destruction which shall come upon the earth on

account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated

on the earth in his days.

19 And after that there shall be still more unrighteousness than that which was

first consummated on the earth; for I know the mysteries of the holy ones; for

He, the Lord, has showed me and informed me, and I have read in the heavenly

tablets.

20 And I saw written on them that generation upon generation shall transgress,

till a generation of righteousness arises, and transgression is destroyed and sin

passes away from the earth, and all manner of good comes upon it.

21 And now, my son, go and make known to thy son Lamech that this son,

which has been born, is in truth his son, and that is no lie."

22 And when Methuselah had heard the words of his father Enoch−for he had

shown to him everything in secret−he returned and showed to him and called the

name of that son Noah; for he will comfort the earth after all the destruction.

Translated from the original Ethiopic manuscript and logically organized by Dr. Jay Winter, 2015.

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